• Publication: The Supernatural ReaderPublication Record # 300940
• Editor: Groff Conklin
• Date: 1970-00-00
• Catalog ID: 01911
• Publisher: Collier Books
• Price:
  $0.95^?$: US dollar
• Pages: 352
• Format:
  pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Cover: The Supernatural Reader (1966) • by Don Punchatz [as by Don Ivan Punchatz]
• Notes: Stated 8th printing. Copyright 1953 by Groff and Linda Conklin. "This book was originally edited jointly with Lucy Conklin, who died in November, 1954." at end of Introduction. Nevertheless, it is 'now' only signed by Groff Conklin. The above are the only mentions of Lucy Conklin in this printing. "Are You Run-Down, Tired—" is listed as such in the table of contents, copyright page, and headers of the story but as "Are You Run-Down, Tired" on the title page.
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 14017889

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 9 • Introduction (The Supernatural Reader) • (1953) • essay by Groff Conklin
• 18 • The Angel with Purple Hair • (1950) • short story by Herb Paul
• 33 • For the Blood Is the Life • (1905) • short story by F. Marion Crawford
• 49 • The Stranger • (1923) • short story by Richard Hughes
• 57 • Mrs. Manifold • (1949) • short story by August Derleth [as by Stephen Grendon]
• 70 • Piffingcap • (1921) • short story by A. E. Coppard
• 81 • Shottle Bop • (1941) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 109 • Gabriel-Ernest • (1909) • short story by Saki [as by H. H. Munro]
• 116 • The Lost Room • (1858) • short story by Fitz-James O'Brien
• 133 • The Traitor • (1950) • short story by James S. Hart
• 148 • Angus MacAuliffe and the Gowden Tooch • (1951) • short story by Charles R. Tanner
• 168 • Are You Run-Down, Tired— • (1942) • short story by Leonard M. Lake and Babette Rosmond
• 175 • The Nature of the Evidence • (1923) • short story by May Sinclair
• 187 • The Tree's Wife • (1950) • short story by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
• 199 • The Pavilion • (1915) • short story by E. Nesbit
• 216 • Pick-Up for Olympus • (1953) • short story by Edgar Pangborn
• 219 • The Swap • (1944) • short story by Gerald Heard [as by H. F. Heard]
• 237 • The Tombling Day • (1952) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 245 • Minuke • (1949) • short story by Nigel Kneale
• 257 • Bird of Prey • (1941) • short story by John Collier
• 266 • The Thing in the Cellar • (1932) • short story by David H. Keller, M.D. [as by David H. Keller]
• 273 • Devil's Henchman • (1952) • short story by Murray Leinster [as by Will Jenkins]
• 288 • Lost Hearts • (1895) • short story by M. R. James
• 299 • Thirteen at Table • (1916) • short story by Lord Dunsany
• 308 • Lights • (1922) • short story by Philip M. Fisher [as by Philip Fisher]
• 319 • The Silver Highway • (1946) • short story by Harold Lawlor
• 335 • The Moonlit Road • (1907) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 345 • The Curate's Friend • (1907) • short story by E. M. Forster